Shutter-hinge



(ModeL) T. STEOKEL. SHUTTER HINGE.

110.417.111. Patented Dec. 10, 18819.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE STECKEL, OF BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHUTTER-HINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,111, dated December10,1889.

Application filed March 14, 1889- $erial No. 303,297. (Model!) To allwhom, it may concern..-

3e it known that I, THEODORE STECKEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bethlehem, in the county of Northampton and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements inShutter-Hinges, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in lock-hinges for shutters; andit consists in a certain novel construction and combination of parts,fully described hereinafter in connection with the drawings, andspecifically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the improved hingeapplied in its operative position to a shutter. Fig. 2 is aplan view,partly in section, of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the hinge inits closed position detached from the shutter. Fig. i is a detail viewof the swinging leaf of the hinge. Fig. 5 is a similar view of theoperating-lever. Fig. 0 is a similar view of the hook and staple.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A designates the stationary leaf ofthe hinge, which is adapted to be attached to the casing and is providedwith the pintle a, and B designates the swinging leaf, which is a'liixedto the edge of the shutter and iits 011 the said pintle. The knuckle ofthe swinging leaf is provided with an elongated socket or slot 1) toreceive the pintle, 0, whereby the leaf is capable of lateral play onthe pintle to permit the shutter to be moved horizontally, as indicatedin dotted lines in Fig. 2.

The shutter is provided on its outer side with a horizontal shoulderedstud or hook C, which is adapted to engagea staple D, which is adaptedto be arranged in a convenient position on the side of the house. Theend of the stud or hook is beveled, so that when the shutter is openedthe said beveled end will strike against the staple and slide theshutter inward sufficiently to clear the shoulder and enable it toengage the staple. If the shutter is now pushed outward into its formerposition,the hook will engage the staple.

E designates an operating-lever having a roundhead or disk F at one end,provided with a central perforation, which is mounted on the pintle'a,and the edge of the said head or disk fits in,beveled notches G G in theadjacent edges of the leaves of the hinge. This head or disk is providedat one side with a V-shaped notch j, which is adapted to register withthe notch in the swinging leaf, whereby the said leaf may be movedhorizonzontally on the pintle, it being evident that when the peripheryof the disk or head is engaged in the notch of the swinging leaf thelatter is held from horizontal movement, the pintle being located in theinner end of the elongated socket or slot or concentric with theknuckle. V

The exposed face of the swin gin gleaf of the hinge is provided with ahorizontal groove H, which receives the operating-lever. The free end ofthe lever is provided with a handle 6, of any convenient form. Byreference to Fig. 2 it will be seen that the length of the lever up tothe handle 6 is about equal to the width of the shutter, so that whenthe lever is closed down it engages around the edge of the shutter.

The operation of the improved hinge is as follows: lVhen the shutter isopened, it swings back, in the ordinary manner, until the free end ofthe shouldered hook or stud comes in contact with the free end of thestaple, when, the operating-lever being arranged at right angles to theplane of the hinge, as seen in Fig. 1 in full lines, the shutter ispushed inward, thereby bringing the pintle a into the outer end of thesocket or slot 1) or eccentric with the knuckle of the swinging hing.(When the lever is in the position above named, its V-shaped notchregisters with the notch in the edge of the swinging leaf.) The free endof the lever is now pushed outward to the position shown in dotted linesin Fig. 1, thereby forcing the shutter outward and engaging theshouldered stud or hook with the staple, and the periphery of the heador disk of the lever being now engaged in the notch of the swingingleaf, the latter is locked firmly in position. To close the shutter,swing the free end of the lever around to the position shown in fulllines in Fig. 1, when the weight of the shutter will cause it to slideinward, and thereby disengage the shouldered stud or hook from thestaple, causing the edge of the swinging leaf to engage in the V-shapednotch of the lever. The shutter may now be closed by drawing the freeend of the lever inward. When the V-shaped notch of the lever registerswith the notch G in the swinging leaf, the shutter maybe lifted off; butin all other positions of the lever the swinging leaf is locked againstvertical movement and cannot be lifted off. v

I am aware that it is broadly old to combine in a hinge, with themovable and stationary leaves, an operating-lever; but in all priordevices, so far as I am aware, the operating-lever has been used for adiiferentpurpose than for that which I put it to. An example of this maybe seen upon reference to the patent to Palmer, No. 2,936, in which thehinge-leaves are provided with coacting inclined planes, and aninterposed lever provided with a cam-like head to ride up an inclinedplane of one of the leaves to separate the same and allow for theopening and closing of the shutter.

A still better example may be seen upon reference to the patent ofKline, No. 288,34E5, in which the lever works on the same principle andfor the same purpose as in the earlier patent of Palmer, above cited,and serves only for the purpose of lifting or raising one of the leaves,so as to clear the other in closing the shutter.

In my invention the operating-lever not having any inclined or cam-likehead, does not serve to raise one of the leaves, but, 011 the contrary,works on an entirely different principle. It looks the leaves in oneposition, while in another position the leaves are unlocked. This may bedone in a variety of Ways, but the simplest mode of construction isshown in the accompanying drawings, and hereinbefore described. Thelever by one turn prevents the leaves from sliding horizontally, whileby another turn the horizontal movement is permitted.

Having thus described the invention, I laim- 1. In a lock-hinge, thecombination of the stationary leaf provided with a pintle, and theswinging leaf having the transverse groove II and provided with anelongated slot or socket fitting on the said pintle, Whereby theswinging leaf is permitted to have a horizontal movement, and theoperating-lever E, having a plain head or disk provided with a notch f,the head of the lever being mounted on the pintle between the two plainmeeting faces of the hinged and stationary leaves, whereby when theperiphery of the head or disk engages the swinging leaf the latter isprevented from having a horizontal movement, and angular handle 6 at theouter end, as set forth. 7

2. In a lock-hinge, the combination of the stationary leaf provided witha pintle, and the swinging leaf provided with an elongated slot orsocket fitting on the said pintle, whereby the swinging leaf ispermitted to have a horizontal movement, and the operating-lever E,having a plain head or disk provided with means adapted to engage withthe swinging leaf at one movement of the lever to hold the said leaffrom horizontal movement, and at another turn of the lever to allow theswinging leaf to move horizontally, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

THEODORE STEOKEL.

\Vitnesses:

J. B. KEMERER, ADAM M. MUssELMAN.

